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    Active surveillance in infection control and prevention involves actively finding cases using infection control nurses and link nurses through targeted screening of high-risk patients, clinical markers for infection, and culture reports. The document shows data on the total recommendations made based on laboratory findings and clinical consultations, percentage of patients cured or not cured who complied or did not comply with recommendations, and graphs tracking infection rates and hand hygiene compliance over time which demonstrate a reduction in hospital-acquired infections as hand hygiene increased.

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    Active surveillance in infection control and prevention involves actively finding cases using infection control nurses and link nurses through targeted screening of high-risk patients, clinical markers for infection, and culture reports. The document shows data on the total recommendations made based on laboratory findings and clinical consultations, percentage of patients cured or not cured who complied or did not comply with recommendations, and graphs tracking infection rates and hand hygiene compliance over time which demonstrate a reduction in hospital-acquired infections as hand hygiene increased.

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    Active surveillance in infection control and prevention involves actively finding cases using infection control nurses and link nurses through targeted screening of high-risk patients, clinical markers for infection, and culture reports. The document shows data on the total recommendations made based on laboratory findings and clinical consultations, percentage of patients cured or not cured who complied or did not comply with recommendations, and graphs tracking infection rates and hand hygiene compliance over time which demonstrate a reduction in hospital-acquired infections as hand hygiene increased.

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    Role of active surveillance in infection

    control and prevention


    Surveillance in infection control

    Passive surveillance Active surveillance

    Reporting of data by clinicians Actively case finding by ICN and


    Culture data follow up Link nurses

    Underreporting Forms and guidelines used


    Timeliness lack
    Data collection inaccuracy Targeted against high risk
    patients

    1. Clinical marker for sepsis

    Active
    1. PCT
    2. CRP
    3. TLC
    4. Signs and symptoms

    Surveillance 5. Culture reports


    Total Number of recommendations based
    on both lab finding and clinical
    consultations

    Percentage Percentage Non


    Compliance Compliance

    Cured Not Cured


    Cured Not
    Cured

    For 3 months Feb Mar Apr May


    120

    100
    100

    80

    60
    60
    53
    50

    40

    20

    0
    Feb Mar Apr May upto 10th

    Percentage cure rate of compliance cases


    60

    50
    50

    42
    40
    40

    30
    30

    20

    10

    0
    Feb Mar Apr May

    Percentage cure rate of Non-compliance cases


    Month Total MDRO Hospital Hand Hygiene
    isolated acquired compliance
    MDRO percentage

    December 26 21 (80%) 30%

    January 33 22 (66%) 32%

    February 28 17 (60%) 40%

    March 37 21(56%) 59%

    April 40 22(55%) 78%


    90%
    Percentage of Hospital acquired MDRO
    80%

    70%

    60%

    50%

    40%
    Hand Hygiene compliance percentage
    30%

    20%

    10%

    0%
    0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5

    Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr


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